Katharine Whitehorn
» Children » “Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they’ll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer.”
» Christmas » “From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.”
» Committees and Meetings » “Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to.”
» Housework » “When it comes to housework the one thing no book of household management can ever tell you is how to begin. Or maybe I mean why.”
» Smoking » “There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes.”
» Weather » “People get a bad impression of it by continually trying to treat it as if it was a bank clerk, who ought to be on time on Tuesday next, instead of philosophically seeing it as a painter, who may do anything so long as you don’t try to predict what.”
